Lady Gaga album demand overwhelms Amazon servers

The Associated Press Lady Gaga look-a-likes perform in the Fuse network studio in celebration of Fuses's LadyGagaThon and Lady Gaga's new album, Born This Way.

SAN FRANCISCO — Much like the caller in the Lady Gaga
hit song "Telephone," some visitors to Amazon's site received a busy
signal Monday when they tried to download the digital version of the
artist's latest album, "Born This Way," which the online retailer was
selling for 99 cents on its release date.

Spokeswoman Sally Fouts
said Amazon experienced a high volume of traffic that caused delays for
those downloading the album — echoing a posting on the album's product
page on Amazon.com. Customers who ordered the MP3 version of "Born This
Way" on Monday will get it for 99 cents, she said.

Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, is known for her pop music and outré fashion sense.